Although the weather was chilly and damp we spent our days walking the kids around the sites of Paris. I thought we would be much more laid back and not see nearly what we did, but thanks to the double stroller the kids cruised the Champs Elysees, were strolled from there to the Eiffel Tower and had hands warmed by a lovely carousel while their parents ate "the best french fries in Paris" and a lovely Belgian waffle loaded with Nutella. Doesn't Nutella make everything better? They toured various car showrooms and visited a very beautiful science museum. They frequented many cafes, strolled through Notre Dame, ran around the playground at the base of Sacre Coeur and shopped till they dropped. Those babies had a busy few days in Paris and we have the pictures to prove it.
Children's Science Museum
Champs-Elysees
Renault Showroom
I am omitting the fifty pictures Amine took of me waiting in line for balloons with all the little kids, but as you can see from this shot, I was successful at acquiring said balloons
Arc de triomphe at Sunset
OK, so in Paris, Toyota has this most adorable car ever, which happens to be electric, available. I saw many on the streets of Paris to prove it. When will the U.S. get this little bundle of Joy?
Tour Eiffel
One minor accessibility issue with Paris, while the sidewalks and metro platform were very accessible, the only way to get to each platform seems to be four flights of stairs at every stop we encountered which is the other reason the kids were strolled for miles
The babes shopped till they dropped
Still dropped as we walk along the Seine
Still dropped as we reach the original Notre Dame
and awake strolling through the Latin Quarter
My postcard shot of the Seine
The Macy's of Paris
They have gorgeous window displays and whimsical animated ones to wow the kids (see videos)
The central atrium at Lafayette looks more like an opera house than a department store
The more we walked, the more we bought the kids to keep warm, here they are hugging their new bunnies, Bibi is still sporting his new hat (Iman protested the hat more-surprise), and snuggled in their new fuzzy sleeping bag stroller accessory. Finally, by our third day, we felt confident that we weren't going to have Benali popsicles by the day's end.
Getting dressed at Hanane's apartment
The courtyard of Hanane's apartment building- how beautiful is Paris?
The Carousel at the base of Sacre-Coeur
Pretty interesting "statue" person who sprung to life and danced a little jig while playing a flute, he was also very cute with the kids, but they were not impressed
Sacre-Coeur
The Babies B are waking up from their nap, so the videos will have to be yet another post.... until then Au Revoir.
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